Mesh
Expert Discusses the Many Permanent Mesh Options in Hernia Repair
Permanent mesh materials may have come a long way since the days of metal sutures and tantalum gauze, but the ...
MARCH 18, 2025
Parastomal Hernia Outcomes Similar With Synthetic or Biologic Mesh
Patients who received synthetic mesh, which costs about 0.5% of a similarly sized piece of biologic mesh, had ...
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
What’s in That Mesh?
Surgeons who perform hernia repairs must understand the characteristics of different meshes, including the ...
JUNE 10, 2022
Synthetic Mesh Favorable For Emergent Ventral Hernia Repair
A large study of patients who underwent emergent ventral hernia repair has found that synthetic mesh exhibited ...
MARCH 21, 2022
Mesh Removal: How Much Does Surgical Approach Matter?
Does surgical approach matter for inguinal hernia mesh removal? At the 2021 annual meeting of the Americas Hernia ...
JANUARY 11, 2022
Hernia Mesh and Litigation: Where Things Stand
Progress invites criticism, and in surgery, innovation often begets litigation, as most every surgeon whose ...
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Mesh at the Hiatus?
Dr. Edward Felix interviews Dr. Caitlin Houghton from USC in Los Angeles about her transition from laparoscopic to ...
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Prophylactic Mesh: Have We Identified the Right Patient?
As research supporting the use of prophylactic mesh to prevent incisional hernia continues to grow, the focus of ...
AUGUST 30, 2021
Synthetics, Biologics Compared for Complex Hernia Repairs
Biologic mesh was associated with nearly double the rate of surgical site infections, wound dehiscence and ...
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Use of Mesh in Low-Resource Settings
I recently read an article titled “Groin Hernia Surgery in Low-Resource Settings—A Problem Still ...
JUNE 29, 2020
Society Shines Spotlight on Hernia Mesh Safety Issues
Las Vegas—In a first for the 22-year-old organization, the Americas Hernia Society brought together surgeons, ...
MAY 13, 2019
